Episode #641

Episode #641

News Items

• Climate Sensitivity
• More Gravitational Waves
• Alleged Abductee Runs for Congress
• Crime Scene DNA

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  An Atoll is a ring-shaped island that is left behind after its barrier reef has died. http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_reef_formation.htm

• Item #2 Science

  A coral’s mouth is also its anus. http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_basic_coral_biology.html

• Item #3 Science

  Individual coral polyps may be male, female, both, or neither and corals reproduce either sexually or asexually. http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_life_cycle_story.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘I’m scared to death about the denial of science. Science is real. Science is the most real thing in our world, other than nature. I’m hoping we’ll all get back to a place where we can really understand that science is tested knowledge.’ -Harrison Ford